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There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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In the midst of struggle: Paul Robeson birthday show; Promos for Paul Robeson Day; Here I Stand In the midst of struggle: Paul Robeson birthday show; Promos for Paul Robeson Day; Here I Stand
Date: 4/6/1985Call Number: CD 270Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant struggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Struggle against apartheid in South Africa and international solidarity; reads several poems; several Robeson songs. (Tape begins in middle of program and ends in middle of last song.) Same as PR 029 Promos for Paul Robeson Day, a 12-hour marathon broadcast on KPFA on March 16, 1976. Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5; same as PR 033 Here I Stand, readings by Karl Marx Yeargans Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Track 6 is incomplete. Same as PR 034
Julius Nyerere speech Julius Nyerere speech
Call Number: CD 598Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Julius Nyerere, the man who united the former Tanganyika Colony with the Zanzibar Protectorate to found the Republic of Tanzania, gives a speech about the historical relationship of the US to Africa, citing its hypocritical support of segregationist South African dictatorships. He talks of the need for Africans to rule by justice, equality, and majority rule. He also welcomes President Carter’s pressure on South Africa.
Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 1 Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 1
Date: 1/16/1985Call Number: CD 652Format: CDProgram: African Activists in AmericaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Michael Warren, chairman of African Activists in America, speaks about Maurice Bishop, and introduces Samouri Marksman. Marksman speaks about struggles of African people around the world; how Europeans control Latin American economies, cultures, and societies, and the struggle for Latin American independence; the struggle to alter the slave relationship with Europeans in the Carribean and Africa; critisizes the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ; and American politics in South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 2 Samouri Marksman on African and Caribbean people, Part 2
Date: 1/16/1985Call Number: CD 653Format: CDProgram: African Activists in AmericaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Michael Warren, chairman of African Activists in America, speaks about Maurice Bishop, and introduces Samouri Marksman. Marksman speaks about struggles of African people around the world; how Europeans control Latin American economies, cultures, and societies, and the struggle for Latin American independence; the struggle to alter the slave relationship with Europeans in the Carribean and Africa; critisizes the IMF (International Monetary Fund) ; and American politics in South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
Winnie Mandela interview Winnie Mandela interview
Call Number: CD 691Format: CDProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Winnie Mandela is interviewed on her political trajectory, discrimination she encountered, and the freedom struggle in South Africa. Speaks to her role both as a social worker and organizer with Black Women's Federation.
Political Prisoners: There and Here Political Prisoners: There and Here
Date: 11/18/1990Call Number: CD 813Format: CDProducers: WBOMCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Nelson Mandela addresses US Congress on the end of Apartheid, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, former Black Panther Party member and Freedom Now member speak out on the governments escalation of oppression and its parallels to attempts to stomp out the antiapartheid struggle in South Africa.
Judge Bruce Wright on racism Judge Bruce Wright on racism
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: CD 818Format: CDProducers: Konnections, Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Lecture by Bruce Wright, judge, scholar, poet and activist for social justice. Using his own experience as a Black man, he describes the history of US racism and the criminal justice system. Transcript available for download: http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC3_scans/3.wright.speech.bangs.whispers.1989.pdf